1. Desoite what sales people say, installing your own laminate flooring is NOT as easy as it looks! Don't believe their suggestions to buy 10% more flooring than you need...buy 25%, you'll need it! If you have a pefectly square room, SURE!, it's easy, but if you have doorways to cut into or low spots in your slab floor, THEN you have trouble. My suggestion is find a professional installer who feels like giving advice and pick his brain. THEN go out and either rent, or buy, a small table saw because you WILL need it to make accurate "rips" and cuts to your laminate. Also, there is a "correct" way to lay down the "click and snap" joints and an "incorrect" way. Starting the "incorrect" way will just make the job harder when you come to a wall but will NOT stop you from finishing the job. I spent a solid week doing three rooms, by myself, and believe ME! if I ever do it again I will HIRE someone!!

2. Resurfacing a fiberglass tub: It is MORE than just mixing a two part epoxy paint and spreading it on. A complete "etching" of the tub to remove soap scum, dirt, etc. is a MUST! Also,if you intend to use a roller or a brush be prepared to accept the accompanying marks left by those tools. If you want a smooth application you absolutely MUST rent an airless sprayer. To do it right you must also do two coats which sanding in between. One of thos Wagner Power Airless sprayers is an inferior way to go because it leaves a mist of particles in the air which land EVERYWHERE and make cleanup a nightmare. I KNOW because this is what I DID!
On the plus side the paint is fairly cheap, under $50, and it buys you time before you have to completely replace the tub.

3. Replacing baseboards: New baseboards in a room can make a big difference in appearace and the material is fairly inexpensive, BUT...if you live in an older home or in a moist climate then be prepared to do some drywall repair as well. Many times the old stuff is caulked on to the wall AS WELL AS nailed, and if the caulking doesn't pull pieces of the wall off, then the old rusty finish nails WILL!

Where water damage is hidden by layers of paint,such as in bathrooms and kitchens, you will more than likely find trouble. In MY home a previous owner kept the cat litter box in the bathroom, UNCOVERED! Her cat pissed on the wall adjacent and it soaked into the drywall. A few coats of paint covered the smell but when I removed the old baseboard my nose was assaulted by a digusting smell. I had to cut at least a foot of wall away and replace it with new, AFTER I treated the supporting wood with a bleach solution and an additional anti-fungal solution!

I'm currently layng down some of that adhesive backed floor tile and it is the one thing that is going well. All you need is a straight edge to help you cut the irregular corners, one of those laser levels to help ensure that you are laying the tiles straight, and a sharp utility knife to actually cut the tiles.

The last thing I'll do is paint, and Colleen and Kayla will ABSOLTELY help with that!

Nothing is more dangerous to family harmony that a man with tools!